Diana Matheson

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Diana Matheson
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Diana Matheson in 2013
Personal information
Full name Diana Beverly Matheson [1]
Date of birth (1984-04-06) April 6, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Oakville SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Princeton Tigers 57 (26)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003 Toronto Inferno
2004–2006 Ottawa Fury
2008–2010 Team Strømmen 32 (11)
2013–2016 Washington Spirit 67 (23)
2017 Seattle Reign 0 (0)
2018–2020 Utah Royals 21 (2)
2021 Kansas City 0 (0)
International career‡
2003–2020 Canada 206 (19)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2020

Diana Beverly Matheson (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played for the Canada national team from 2003 to 2020 and multiple professional women's teams over the course of her career. She is best known for scoring the bronze medal-winning goal for Canada in the 92nd minute against France at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games with the senior national team.

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Early life

Born in Mississauga, Ontario, Matheson attended White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville, Ontario, where she received Principal's Award for athletics and academics. As a member of the Ontario provincial team from 1999 to 2002, she won the national championship in 2001 and was runner-up in 2002. She was captain of the team in 2002. Playing for the Oakville Women's team, Matheson was a 2002 Ontario Cup champion and club national women's champion. [2]

Princeton University, 2004–2007

Matheson majored in economics at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and was voted Ivy League Player of the Year in 2007 and Princeton Women's Athlete of the Year in 2008. [2] [3]

As a freshman in 2004, Matheson was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year. She earned first-team All-America and first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honours and was one of 12 finalists for SoccerBuzz Freshman of the Year. She was a three-time Ivy Rookie of the Week. During her sophomore year, she scored five goals, second-most on the team, and had a team-high of seven assists (ranked third in the Ivy League). She was one of only two unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections. Matheson earned SoccerBuzz first-team all-region and NSCAA second-team all-region honours. After missing the season-opening trip to Florida to play with the Canadian national team, she started all 14 games the rest of the season. As a junior in 2006, Matheson co-captained the squad and led the Tigers with eight goals and five assists for 21 points despite missing five games to train with the Canadian national team. She was a unanimous selection for first-team All-Ivy. As a senior, Matheson missed the first seven games to play in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. After returning from the tournament, she earned a point in seven straight games of the 10 played and broke Princeton's single-game and career assist records with a four-assist performance against Rutgers. Serving as co-captain of the team, she was Princeton's third four-time first-team all-league honoree and seventh Player of the Year. [2]

Club career

Team Strømmen, 2008–2010

Diana Matheson played the second half of the 2008 season in Oslo, Norway, with Team Strømmen, becoming a runner-up in the Toppserien league and also in the annual Cup competition. She rejoined the same club for the 2009 season running from April to October, and for the first half of 2010 until national team duties called her away. She can be seen in a video made by her Norwegian team. [4]

Washington Spirit, 2013–2016

In early 2013, it was announced that Matheson would be joining the Washington Spirit as part of the NWSL Player Allocation, a team in the newly founded National Women's Soccer League. [5] She made her debut during the Spirit's inaugural match on April 15, 2013, against the Boston Breakers. [6] Her first NWSL goal came on a late penalty in the club's home opener against the Western New York Flash on April 20, 2013. [7] At the conclusion of the 2013 season, it was announced that Matheson had been selected as a midfielder to the NWSL 2013 Best XI First Team. [8]

Matheson helped lead the Spirit to its first ever playoff berth in 2014 with eight goals and six assists during the regular season. [9]

After joining the team late in 2015 due to injury and participating in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Matheson scored three goals and had two assists in just nine games.

In 2016, she scored four goals, tied for second most on the team. Matheson currently holds the records for most goals scored (23) and most assists (12) for the Spirit all-time. [9] In 2016 the Washington Spirit advanced to the NWSL Championship game against the Western New York Flash. After extra time the game was tied 2–2 and advanced to penalties. Matheson was the fifth penalty taker for the Spirit, Washington was trailing 2–3 and needed to score to keep the match going. Her penalty was saved by Sabrina D'Angelo, securing the win for the Flash. [10]

During the off-season, the Washington Spirit traded many of their veteran players. In January 2017, Matheson was traded to the Seattle Reign in exchange for Arielle Ship and Seattle's third round pick in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. [11]

Seattle Reign, 2017

Matheson tore her ACL while training with the Canadian National team in February and she would miss the entire 2017 season. [12] At the 2018 NWSL College Draft she was traded to the Utah Royals in exchange for Yael Averbuch and Utah's third round draft pick. [13] Matheson never appeared in a game for Seattle.

Utah Royals, 2018–2020

Matheson appeared in 21 matches for Utah in 2018, she scored 2 goals. She returned to Utah for the 2019 season however she suffered a foot injury with the Canadian National team that would require surgery forcing her to miss the 2019 season. [14]

International career

Matheson in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Diana Matheson in 2011.JPG
Matheson in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

As a regular player for Canada, Matheson is remarkable for possessing the speed and skill to hold her place in an international team that is known for its physical approach to the game, despite having a height of only 5 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.53 m). Matheson made her national team debut at the Algarve Cup in March 2003. [2] Matheson participated in the 2007 Women's World Cup, she appeared in all three of Canada's group stage matches, they finished third in their group and did not advance to the knockout round. In 2008, Matheson was named to her first Olympic Team, she appeared in all four matches for Canada as they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by the United States. [15]

Matheson played in her second consecutive World Cup in 2011, Canada once again did not advance past the group stage. [16] At the 2011 Pan American Games, Matheson helped Canada win the gold medal against the defending champions Brazil. The gold medal match was tied 1–1 after extra time and went to penalties. Matheson was the first player to take a penalty for Canada and scored, Canada defeated Brazil 4–3 on penalties to win their first ever Pan American Games gold medal. [17] [18]

Matheson was once again named to Canada's Olympic squad in 2012, where she played every minute of Canada's six matches. [19] After Canada defeated the host team Great Britain in the quarterfinals, they suffered a last minute loss in extra time to the United States in the semifinals. In the bronze medal match against France, Matheson scored the game-winning goal in the 92nd minute to defeat France 1–0, and secure Canada's first ever medal in women's soccer at the Olympic Games. [20] [21] [22] [23]

In October 2014, Matheson suffered a torn ACL in a friendly match against Japan. This injury put her participation in the 2015 World Cup, which was being held in Canada, in doubt. [24] Matheson recovered in time to be named to Canada's squad for the World Cup. She was only fit enough to make one substitute appearance for Canada, she played the final 28 minutes in their quarterfinal loss to England. [25]

Matheson was named to her third Olympic team in 2016, where Canada won the bronze medal for the second consecutive Olympics. [26] Matheson earned her 200th cap for Canada on October 14, 2018, 181 of those caps were starts. [27]

In May 2019, Canada Soccer announced that Matheson had been ruled out of the 2019 World Cup due to a foot injury that would require surgery. [28]

In July 2021, Matheson announced her retirement from soccer. [29]

Project 8 - Professional Women's Soccer League

In December 2022, Diana Matheson and business partner Thomas Gilbert, announced plans to launch a professional women's soccer league in Canada. [30] The organisation, Project 8, outlined its vision to launch a professional league in 2025 "founded on the principles of inclusion, community, and identity." Three franchises have been announced, including Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Calgary Foothills SC, [31] and AFC Toronto City. [32] Founding partners of the league are CIBC, Air Canada, Canadian Tire and Door Dash. [33] In December 2023, Private Investment Holding Company Hokulani Limited acquired the franchise rights to a team with a location to be announced in early 2024. [34]

Personal life

She is married to Anastasia Bucsis. [35]

Career statistics

International goals

Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
LocationGeographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
LineupStart – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
( c ) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

#NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
MinThe minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/passThe ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pkGoal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
ScoreThe match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
ResultThe final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aetThe score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player


Goal		DateLocationOpponentLineup#MinScoreResultCompetition
1
2003-06-15 [m 1] Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1.190

3–0

3–0

 Friendly
2
2007-05-06 [m 2] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1.130

1–2

1–2

 Friendly
3
2007-07-14 [m 3] Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

on 46' (off Lang)

1.153

3–0

7–0

 Pan American Games
4
2008-06-14 [m 4] Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1.125

1–0

5–0

 Peace Queen Cup
5
2010-02-20 [m 5] Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

off 56' (on Gayle)

1.145

3–0

3–0

 Friendly
6
2010-03-03 [m 6] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1.171

1–0

1–0

 Cyprus Cup
7
2010-09-30 [m 7] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

off 85' (on McCalla)

1.123

1–0

3–1

 Friendly
8
2010-12-09 [m 8] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2.155

3–0

5–0

 Torneio Internacional
9
2.267

4–0

10
2011-06-07 [m 9] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1.187

1–0

1–0

 Friendly
11
2012-07-14 [m 10] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

off 79' (on Timko)

1.130

1–0

2–0

 Friendly
12
2012-08-09 [m 11] Flag of France.svg  France 1.192

1–0

1–0

 Olympic tournament
13
2013-03-06 [m 12] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1.179

2–0

2–0

 Cyprus Cup
14
2014-03-07 [m 13] Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1.133

1–0

3–1

 Cyprus Cup
15
2014-03-12 [m 14] Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1.156

1–1

2–1

 Cyprus Cup
162015-12-13 [m 15] Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad 1.110

1–0

4–0

 International Tournament
172016-02-14 [m 16] Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad 1.124

1–0

6–0

 Olympic qualifier: Group B
182018-10-08 [m 17] Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1.172

12–0

12–0

 CONCACAF Women's Championship
192020-03-10 [m 18] Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

on 53' (off Riviere)

1.174

1–2

2–2

 Tournoi de France

Honours

Canada

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Match reports

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